Initiating palliative care consults for advanced dementia patients in the emergency department

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 346-350

  Ouchi, Kei ^a   Wu, Mark ^a   Medairos, Robert ^a   Grudzen, Corita R ^b   Balsells, Herberth ^a   Marcus, David ^a   Whitson, Micah ^a   Ahmad, Danish ^a   Duprey, Kael ^a   Mancherje, Noel ^a   Bloch, Helen ^a   Jaffrey, Fatima ^a   Liberman, Tara ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONSULTATION; DEMENTIA; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VERY ELDERLY; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UTILIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84896288594     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2013.0285     Document Type: Article

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